While working my ass off at work and waiting for my GMAT books, I stumbled upon an article by Jeremy Shinewald from MBA mission about how to plan applications to MBA. In a nutshell here is what he recommends:
- Visiting campuses now to get acquainted with the school culture
- Meeting with alumni to make sure the schools you’re looking for are right for you
- Taking a leadership role in the community to explore then show who you are outside of work
- Advancing personal achievements to differentiate yourself from other candidates
- Enrolling in additional courses to salvage any bad undergrad academic record
It’s funny how this is more or less aligned with what I am doing or have in mine. I don’t plan to visit campuses now but I will select 2 or 3 in the near future if I decide I need more information to make some decisions. I am meeting alumni from Wharton this week and Harvard students in two weeks to know a bit more about the application process, what to expect while in the program and what type of people I may encounter in my last academic stint. I like leadership roles naturally, and I already got some stuff going on within my company, I just enjoy it. As for personal achievements, I just like to decide and prioritize depending on how fun it could be and what I’ll get in the end. When it comes to additional courses, that just wont happen: I had a more than decent GPA to apply to the top schools even though I didnt get a 4.0.
Anyway, it is always great to see this whole process from different angles.
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